"320 makahiki aku nei, ua holo kēia mau Flemish Tapestries i ko lākou ala ma ka moku mai Belgium a Malta. I kēia lā, mahalo a hauʻoli mākou i ke koho ʻia ʻana e hoʻihoʻi hou iā lākou i ko lākou home ma St John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Yossi Shoukroun, Luna Nui o Challenge Group, i ka manawa o ka hanana hoʻokipa i mālama ʻia ma Nowemapa 15, 2022. no ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i ka lawe ʻana i nā Flemish Tapestries i Malta, mai Liège, Belgium, kahi i hoʻihoʻi maikaʻi ʻia ai nā mea hana mōʻaukala.
Ma ke ʻano like, ua hoʻolālā ʻia kā lākou huakaʻi hoʻi me ka hui pū ʻana me nā keʻena aupuni Maltese a me ka ʻoihana pilikino, me ka hoʻolaʻa like ʻana a me ka nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī e hōʻike ana i nā lawelawe logistics āpau o Challenge Group. No Challenge Airlines MT, ʻo ka lawe ʻana i kēia mau tapestries makamae he hōʻailona o ka mōʻaukala a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi manawa mōʻaukala hou: ʻo ka ukana waiwai ka mea mua i lawe ʻia e ka mokulele ma kāna lele hoʻomaka, ua hāʻawi ʻia i kāna Air. Operator Certificate (AOC) e Transport Malta ma 01 Nowemapa 2022. Ma ke ʻano he hōʻailona o ka mahalo a me ka hanohano o ka hanana, ua hāʻawi ʻo Challenge Airlines MT i ka lele a me ke kākoʻo logistical.
Ua hoʻokūpaʻa ʻo Kuhina no ko nā ʻāina ʻē a me ʻEulopa a me nā kalepa, ʻo Ian Borg, i ka hui pū ʻana o ka poʻe a pau e pili ana: "He mea hauʻoli mākou i ka ʻike ʻana, me ka hana ikaika ʻana mai kā mākou Embassy ma Belgium, ma o Clint Tanti a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. nā limahana, ua hiki iā mākou ke lawe i kēia mau tapestries i Malta me ka uku ʻole ʻia no ke Aupuni Maltese.
"Ma luna o nā mea a pau, hiki ke hauʻoli ʻia kēia mau mea e ka lehulehu a me nā mea mākaʻikaʻi e koho e kipa i ka St. John's Co-Cathedral ma Valletta."
ʻO ke Kuhina no ka National Heritage, ka Arts and Local Government, ʻo Owen Bonnici, i wehewehe i ka waiwai mōʻaukala a me ka manaʻo no Malta a me kāna mau malihini: "Ua lilo kēia mau tapestries i waiwai o ka Co-Cathedral no 350 mau makahiki. ʻO ka hoʻopau ʻia ʻana o kēia mau tapestries he mea ʻoiaʻiʻo ia no ka mahalo ākea a me kahi ʻike kūʻokoʻa no ka poʻe e ʻike iā lākou i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana.
No ka Pūʻulu Challenge, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka Flemish Tapestries: "ʻAʻole wale mākou e mahalo nui i kēia ukana waiwai ʻole a kūʻokoʻa, akā, ma ke ʻano, hōʻike pū kēia mau tapestries i ka Challenge Group, ʻoiai ke hōʻike nei lākou i nā kiʻi kiʻi Karistiano mai Ierusalema, ʻIseraʻela. , a ua ulana akahele ia no na makahiki eha ma Belgium no Grand Master Fra Ramon Perellós y Roccaful o Malta. No laila, hoʻohui lākou i nā ʻāina ʻekolu kahi i hoʻonohonoho ai ʻo Challenge Group i nā hubs a no laila mākou e paʻa ai i nā palapala hōʻoia Air Operator. i hoʻohui ʻia ʻo Yossi Shoukroun. Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo ia i nā luna o Malta no Challenge Airlines MT's AOC.
ʻO Challenge Airlines MT, i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia ʻo 9H, nona nā ʻauwaʻa ʻelua B767-300ER, hiki i kēlā me kēia mea ke hāpai i ka uku o 60 tons. He ʻumi mau pailaka ma ke keʻena nui o ka Pūʻulu ma Malta, mākaukau e hana i nā mokulele maʻamau ma waena o Liège (LGG), Tel Aviv (TLV), Sharjah (SHJ), New York (JFK), a me Indian Sub-Continent (ISC), i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Today, we are honored and delighted to have been chosen to return them again to their home in St John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta,” Yossi Shoukroun, CEO of Challenge Group, commented on the occasion of the welcoming ceremony held on 15 November 2022, to celebrate the transportation of the Flemish Tapestries to Malta, from Liège, Belgium, where the historic masterpieces had undergone meticulous and careful restoration.
- “It is a pleasure for us to see that, with a strong intervention from our Embassy in Belgium, through Clint Tanti and the rest of the employees, we were able to bring these tapestries to Malta without any costs for the Maltese Government.
- “Not only do we have the utmost respect for this priceless and unique cargo but, in a way, these tapestries also reflect Challenge Group, since they depict Christian art scenes from Jerusalem, Israel, and were carefully woven over a period of four years in Belgium for Grand Master Fra Ramon Perellós y Roccaful of Malta.
